Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9495eba88e90a4b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 00:51:01 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e15c01cb219f11ace33dedaabbaadd4c SHA-1: 7d78c6061db0e843ff17d20b17a62fee35b03cfa SHA-256: 9495eba88e90a4b5e3cb7f59a929842e6e1c3fe0e1b71e50f87daa8c8b97b70c
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a lure for free game currency (Robux) and directs users to a suspicious URL. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of embedded URLs further supports a malicious intent. The document's content and linked URLs suggest a phishing or scam attempt designed to trick users into visiting potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE
    PDF's clickable action targets a redirector of the form /app/<id>/<slug>-game-hack — the landing-page shape of a large SEO 'free spins / generator / game hack' lure family that funnels victims through rotating disposable hosts to a malware/scam payload. The multi-link variants also trip ML/link-farm rules; this catches the single-link variants that otherwise score clean.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-do-u-get-free-robux-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-phone_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-pocket-edition-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/tiktok-free-fans_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-followers-on-tiktok-for-free_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-windows-10-edition-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-a-free-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-accounts-reddit_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00002afe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2AFE 22480 bytes
SHA-256: 6e301b74d4f03daa8d67668eeee80da5498210ed150ca7bdfefaafb82ded75ea
font_01_sfnt_off00005d20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5D20 19040 bytes
SHA-256: 14ed63897d8c38c9b74f4ae6c685ddc963b8153977262fdb6411d06658c720a7